List of honorary titles of Indian leaders

The following is the list of honorary titles given to various Indian leaders during Indian independence struggle.

Honorary title	Meaning	Statesman	Photos
Azad	"Free" (Urdu) Figuratively = "The Freed Soul"	Chandra Shekhar Tiwari[1][2]
• Babasaheb • Mooknayak	"The Respected Father" (Marathi). "Baba" = "father" and "Saheb" = "sir" "Captain of the Voiceless" (Marathi) (Hindi). "Mook" = "Voiceless" and "Nayak" = "Captain".[3]	Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar[4][5]
• Bacha Khan • Badshah Khan • Fakhr-e-Afghan • Sarhadi Gandhi	"Bacha Khan" = "King of Chiefs" "Badshah Khan" = Master King of Kings "Pride of Afghans" (Urdu) "Fakhr" = "Pride" and "Afghan" = "Afghan" "Frontier Gandhi" (Hindi) "Sarhad" = "Frontier" (North-West Frontier Province) and "Gandhi" = "Gandhi"	Abdul Ghaffar Khan[6]
Bihar Kesari	"Lion of Bihar" (Hindi/Sanskrit) "Bihar" = "Bihar" and "Kesari" = "Lion"	Shri Krishna Sinha[7][8]
Bihar Vibhuti	"Sacred Ash of Bihar" (Hindi). "Bihar" = "Bihar" and "Vibhuti" = "Sacred Ash"	Anugrah Narayan Sinha[9]
Deenabandhu	"Friend of the Poor" (Bengali). "Deen" = "Poor" and "Bandhu" = "Friend".	Charles Freer Andrews[10][11]
Deshabandhu	"Friend of Country" (Bengali). "Desh" = "Country" and "Bandhu" = "Friend".	Chittaranjan Das[12]
• Deshanayak • Netaji	"Captain of the Country" (Bengali). "Desh" = "Country" and "Nayak" = "Captain".[13] "Respected Leader" (Hindi). "Neta" = "Leader" and "Ji" = an honorary suffix.	Subhash Chandra Bose
Deshapriya	"Beloved of the country" (Bengali). "Desh" = "Country" and "Priya" = "Beloved".	Jatindra Mohan Sengupta[14]
Desh Ratna	"Jewel of the Country" (Hindi). "Desh" = "country" and "Ratna" = "jewel"	Rajendra Prasad[15][16]
• Gurudev • Kobiguru • Biswakobi • The Bard of Bengal	"Divine Teacher" (Bengali) (Hindi). "Guru" = "Teacher" and "Deva" = "divine".	Rabindranath Tagore[17][18]
Lokmanya	"Revered by the People" (Marathi). "Lok" = "People" and "Manya" = "Revered".	Bal Gangadhar Tilak[19]
Loknayak	"Captain of the People" (Hindi). "Lok" = "People" and "Nayak" = "Captain".	Jayaprakash Narayan[20][21]
Mahamana	"Great Heart" (Hindi). "Mahan" = "great" and "Mana" = "thought/heart".	Madan Mohan Malaviya[22]
Mahatma	"Great Soul" (Sanskrit). "Maha" = "Great" and "Atma" = "Soul".	Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi[23]
Mahatma	"Great Soul" (Sanskrit). "Maha" = "Great" and "Atma" = "soul".	Jyotirao Govindrao Phule[24][25]
Maulana	"Guardian" (Arabic).	Abul Kalam Azad[26]
Chacha	"Paternal Uncle" (Hindi)	Jawaharlal Nehru[27][28]
Punjab Kesari	"Lion of Punjab" (Hindi) "Punjab" = "Punjab" and "Kesari" = "Lion"	Lala Lajpat Rai
Sardar	"Commander" (Persian). "Sar" = "Head" and "dar" = "Holder".	Vallabhbhai Patel[29][30]
Shaheed-e-Azam	"Greatest Martyr" (Urdu). "Shaheed" = "Martyr" and "Azam" = "Greatest".	Bhagat Singh[31][32]
Swantanryaveer or Veer	"Brave Freedom Fighter" (Marathi). "Swantanrya" = "Freedom" and "Veer" = "Brave"	Vinayak Damodar Savarkar